Engineer66 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Hi I hope someone can help me here. I was given the Revell 1/32 Mossie for Christmas, and want to make a few improvements. I seem to remember someone on here mentioning they'd contacted someone at the UK Tamiya importers and had managed to buy the spruces from the 1/32 Spitfire kit in order to get the Merlin engine. Am I imagining things or is this possible? If anyone can help that would be great, if not I apologise for making things up! Cheers Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjames68 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 It is possible but the tamiya Merlin is the wrong type for the revell mossie... Its a 2 stage packard, the mosie(Revell kit) is a single stage Merlin and as such a fair bit shorter amongst other things.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Cornes Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 On the other hand you could buy the sprues for the tamiya engine - and believe me, it would not be cheap - and then use the supercharger section from, say, a couple of old Revell Spitfire kits to get a pair of pretty impressive engines. You can only buy complete sprues so you would need to have a look at tamiya spit instructions to see what was required, then contact the UK tamiya importers for a costing - and be prepared to sit down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 You need to contact The Hobby Company Ltd on 01908 209480 as they are the UK importer for Tamiya. I did the same for my 1/32nd Lancaster and Halifax builds. You'll need the kit numbers as well as sprue codes which you'll find in the kit. I don't have it in front of me now can't can't help there. I needed to buy three sprues and it cost me £20 including postage. The mods are pretty straightforward to convert it back to a single stage Merlin, I've done it twice with no problems. My build of the Halifax documented the process if you're interested: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234944547-132nd-scale-halifax-finished/page-22 Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer66 Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 Thanks for the info chaps. Tom, I'll check out your thread on how you did the mods for your Halifax. Cheers Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 been looking for Merling Mk III pictures myself for Mk I Spitfire and Hurricane. As for the two stage merlin in the wooden wonder check what type as some models had the single and others had the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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